1. Lesson Topic: Ratio Problems
Lesson Objective: I can…
Solve problems by comparing different ratios using two or more ratio tables.

2. Write a ratio to describe the table.
Example 1:
Write a ratio to describe the table.
Hours
Number of Pizzas Sold 2 16 5 40 6 48 10 80

3. Exercise 1:
The following tables show how many words each person can text in a given amount of time. Compare the rates of texting for each person using the ratio table.
Michaela
Jenna
Maria
Minutes 3 5 7 9
Words
150
250
350
450
Minutes 2 4 6 8
Words 90
180
270
360
Minutes 3 6 9 12
Words
120
240
360
480

4. Exercise 1 continued…
Complete the table so that it show Max has a texting rate of 55 words per minute.
Minutes
Words

5. Exercise 2:
The tables below show the comparison of the amount of water to the amount of juice concentrate (JC) in grape juice made by three different people. Whose juice has the greatest water-to-juice concentrate ratio, and whose juice would taste strongest? Be sure to justify your answer.
Laredo’s Juice
Water JC
Total 12 4 16 15 5 20 21 7 28 45 60
Franca’s Juice
Water JC
Total 10 2 12 15 3 18 25 5 30 40 8 48
Milton’s Juice
Water JC
Total 8 2 10 16 4 20 24 6 30 40 50

6. Exercise 2 continued…
Put the juices in order from the juice containing the most water to the juice containing the least water. ________ _________ _________ Explain how you used the values in the table to determine the order. What ratio was used to create each table? Laredo _______________ Franca _______________ Milton _______________

7. Independent Practice…
Max and Sheila are making orange juice. Max has mixed 15 cups of water with 4 cups of juice concentrate. Sheila has made her juice by mixing 8 cups water with 3 cups of juice concentrate. Compare the ratios of juice concentrate to water using ratio tables. State which beverage has a higher juice concentrate-to-water ratio.
Victor is making recipes for smoothies. His first recipe calls for 2 cups of strawberries and 7 cups of other ingredients. His second recipe says that 3 cups of strawberries are combined with 9 cups of other ingredients. Which smoothie recipe has more strawberries compared to other ingredients? Use ratio tables to justify your answer.

8. Lesson Summary: Ratio tables can be used to compare two ratios.
Look for equal amounts in a row of column to compare the second amount associated with it.
You can also extend the values of the tables in order to get comparable amounts. Another method would be to compare the values of the ratios. Write the values of the ratios as fractions and then use your knowledge of fractions to compare the ratios.
When ratios are given in words, students can create a table of equivalent ratios in order to compare the ratios.
12:35 compared to 8:20

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